package main

import (
	"encoding/gob"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"bytes"
	"syscall"
)

type Q struct {
	F os.FileInfo
}

func main() {
	gob.Register(&syscall.Stat_t{})
	gob.Register(&os.FileStat{})

	var network bytes.Buffer
	enc := gob.NewEncoder(&network)
	dec := gob.NewDecoder(&network)

	f,_ := os.Lstat("/")
	var q Q

	err := enc.Encode(Q{f})
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Errorf("%s\n", err)
	}

	err = dec.Decode(&q)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Errorf("%s\n", err)
	}

	fmt.Println("local filestat: ", f)
	fmt.Println("local Stat_t: ", f.(*os.FileStat).Sys.(*syscall.Stat_t))

	fmt.Println("remote: ", q.F)
	fmt.Println("remote Stat_t: ", q.F.(*os.FileStat).Sys.(*syscall.Stat_t))
}